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'Blendoku' a colorful, challenging puzzler

Finding a puzzle game for an Android or Apple smartphone is about as easy as tapping the icon for your appropriate app story. But have you seen one that helps player distinguish changes in color? Enter

'Blendoku' a colorful, challenging puzzler

Finding a puzzle game for an Android or Apple smartphone is about as easy as tapping the icon for your appropriate app story. But have you seen one that helps player distinguish changes in color?

Enter Blendoku, a vibrant, challenging game that provides a wealth of entertaining puzzles for free.

Created by designers formerly of video game studios BioWare (Mass Effect) and Pandemic (Star Wars Battlefront II), Blendoku features puzzles consisting of several square outlines on the lower half of the screen and a variety of colored tiles on top. Based on exercises taught at art schools, the game requires players to organize the tiles in the correct order to advance.

For example, one level may feature a line of squares, with green and blue tiles on the ends and blank squares in the middle. Above that are tiles of various blue and green hues players must place in the right order by dragging them into the blank spaces.

On top of distinguishing colors, players battle to finish puzzles as quick as possible. After each puzzle is completed, players can compare their time to the world average. Badges are rewarded to players who complete a level without making a mistake.

The amount of content offered is just as impressive as the Blendoku's clever approach to puzzle games. There are 475 levels available, broken down into four difficulties: Simple, Medium, Hard and Master. And developers just released a pair of bonus level packs at $0.99 each containing an additional 300 puzzles.

Blendoku stands out in a growing crowd of mobile puzzle games. The premise is unique and the game strikes a wonderful balance between simple gameplay and difficult challenges.

BLENDOKU

Available on Google Play and iTunes, compatible with Android devices, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.